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The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction (DOC) is seeking highly motivated and experienced individual to join our team as Secretary 1 in the Health Servies Unit at York Correctional Institution in East Lyme, CT.

What We Can Offer You:

  • Visit our State Employee Benefits Overview page!
  • Professional growth and development opportunities.
  • A healthy work/life balance to all employees.
  • The State of Connecticut is an eligible Public Service Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loans forgiven after 10 years of service. Click here for more information.

Position Highlights:

  • Provide administrative support to the Health Services Unit at York Correctional Institution in East Lyme, CT.
  • Serve in a full‑time, first‑shift role (Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM).
  • Independently perform a wide range of secretarial and administrative functions requiring knowledge of organizational policies and procedures.
  • Deliver clerical and operational support to meet both facility and medical service needs.

Responsibilities:

  • Create and distribute staffing schedules for the Mental Health (MH) Department.
  • Distribute inmate requests in a timely manner.
  • Schedule involuntary medication panel hearings.
  • Prepare and submit overtime requests as needed.
  • Scan written requests, and create or update orders in the health record system.
  • Audit new MH intakes to ensure orders are accurately entered.
  • Upload documents to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.
  • Review and correct timekeeping errors in Kronos.
  • Audit records to ensure appropriate therapy orders, medication orders (if applicable), and follow-up orders are in place.
  • Compile and report monthly departmental statistics.
  • Take and distribute meeting minutes for daily shift changes and departmental meetings.
  • Pull and distribute daily appointment lists for the Mental Health Unit.
  • Assist with creating departmental memos and other communications.
  • Provide general office support, including ordering supplies and handling administrative tasks.

Our Mission:

The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction (DOC) shall strive to be a global leader in progressive correctional practices and partnered re-entry initiatives to support responsive evidence-based practices aligned to law-abiding and accountable behaviors. Safe and security shall be a priority component of this responsibility as it pertains to staff, victims, citizens and offenders.


The Department of Correction provides comprehensive health care to the offender population that meets a community standard of care, and includes medical, mental health, dental, addiction and ancillary services, in compliance with applicable state and federal laws and consent decrees.


The York Correctional Institution is a high-security facility. It serves as the state's only institution for female offenders. It serves all superior courts in Connecticut and manages all pretrial and sentenced female offenders, whatever their security level.